U.S. Xenophobia Targets South Asians

As per a report published south Asian Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, and some Arab communities largely are at the receiving end of growing xenophobic undertones in the U.S.’s political expression

South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) is a group which talked about 78 instances of xenophobic political speech and 76 examples of hate violence between 2011 and 2014 suggested that these communities lived in a climate of growing hostility

This reveals increase in profiling and surveillance by law enforcement agencies, and the growth of an Islamophobia “industry” that demonises Muslims via the Internet and media

These incidents have spiked after 9/11 attacks and over 80% of the instances documented for this report were motivated by anti-Muslim sentiment, SAALT noted, though attacks on other faith communities often also involved “severe violence”

In a report further it was stated in a case where Kentucky State Senator David Williams criticising the Kentucky Governor’s participation in a Hindu ground-breaking prayer for a new manufacturing plant further told to open eyes and find Jesus Christ

Among its recommendations to the Obama administration the study called for the creation of a National Task Force to Prevent Hate Violence focused on addressing incidents directed at South Asian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Middle Eastern, and Arab communities

This study resulted in to ensure that law enforcement receive cultural and religious competency trainings to understand the challenges that the affected communities faced when reporting hate violence